California’s highways are lined with fast food giants run by corporate boards, but one chain’s journey is a little unconventional. Ed Hackbarth, now in his nineties, founded Del Taco in the Mojave ...

Fast food runs on trust. Customers expect chains to serve exactly what they advertise without hidden formulas, disguised ingredients, or pricing tricks buried in the fine print. Yet some of the ...

Fast food isn’t cheap anymore – What used to be a quick, budget meal now routinely costs $13–$20, even at chains once known for value. Price creep hit quietly – Portion sizes stayed similar, but menu ...

California’s farcical Fast Food Council perfectly encapsulates everything that is wrong with this state’s governance. Wasteful, performative and overreaching, it’s time to abolish the thing entirely.

President Donald Trump said California Gov. Gavin Newsom is "laying siege on the minimum wage," likely referring to the state's $20 pay floor for fast-food workers. However, research shows that the ...

Fast food drive-thrus are typically convenient, often open late, and, most importantly, pretty fast. Places compete to be faster and better than their competitors, but only one can reign supreme as ...

In 2023, California adopted a law that raised the minimum wage to $20 per hour. It also created a Fast Food Council with the power to further increase wages by dictate every year. Twenty bucks an hour ...